Can't do that old "Oh, didn't see that reply" thing when you rip off someone's joke or similar and realise that you could post it in the same minute, making it look like you posted it at the exact same time as them. :(

and even when I don't, I still respect their opinion. I can't think of anyone else the world I would say that of, except maybe Fabio Capello with regard to football. Except he said that Stewart Downing was the England who had impressed him most in training, so not him either. And they give so much exposure to unsigned bands - they seem to genuinely make an effort to go through all the demos and stuff they get sent and give them the time they deserve. And they don't give albums 9.2/10 just because they've been hyped to shit, a la Pitchfork. Even if you don't like their writing style, I think, for those reasons, they're an absolute credit to music journalism.

Why do so many indie kids make listening to music so difficult? Half the good reviews on there are for albums with some combination of free form jazz/electronic/noise/guitar wankery. What happened to just writing good tunes?